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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Butterflies and Moths

This guide contains butterflies and moths that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Phoebus Apollo 1
Parnassius phoebus
Rocky Mountain Parnassian 2
Parnassius smintheus
Indra Swallowtail 3
Papilio indra
Black Swallowtail 4
Papilio polyxenes
Anise Swallowtail 5
Papilio zelicaon
Pale Swallowtail 6
Papilio eurymedon
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
Papilio glaucus
Two-tailed Swallowtail 8
Papilio multicaudata
Western Tiger Swallowtail 9
Papilio rutulus
Pipevine Swallowtail 10
Battus philenor
Yucca Giant-skipper 11
Megathymus yuccae
Bronze Roadside-Skipper 12
Amblyscirtes aenus
Dotted Roadside-Skipper 13
Amblyscirtes eos
Common Roadside-Skipper 14
Amblyscirtes vialis
Oslar's Roadside-Skipper 15
Amblyscirtes oslari
Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper 16
Amblyscirtes phylace
Morrison's Skipper 17
Stinga morrisoni
Snow's Skipper 18
Paratrytone snowi
Arogos Skipper 19
Atrytone arogos
Fiery Skipper 20
Hylephila phyleus
Taxiles Skipper 21
Poanes taxiles
Sachem 18
Atalopedes campestris
Woodland Skipper 22
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Western Branded Skipper 23
Hesperia colorado
Common Branded Skipper 24
Hesperia comma
Juba Skipper 25
Hesperia juba
Leonard's Skipper 26
Hesperia leonardus
Pawnee Skipper 27
Hesperia leonardus pawnee
Nevada Skipper 28
Hesperia nevada
Ottoe Skipper 29
Hesperia ottoe
Pahaska Skipper 30
Hesperia pahaska
Uncas Skipper 31
Hesperia uncas
Green Skipper 32
Hesperia viridis
Long Dash 33
Polites mystic
Crossline Skipper 26
Polites origenes
Sonoran Skipper 23
Polites sonora
Draco Skipper 16
Polites draco
Peck's Skipper 26
Polites peckius
Sandhill Skipper 25
Polites sabuleti
Tawny-edged Skipper 34
Polites themistocles
Rhesus Skipper 30
Polites rhesus
Dun Skipper 35
Euphyes vestris
Dusted Skipper 11
Atrytonopsis hianna
Delaware Skipper 36
Anatrytone logan
Least Skipper 37
Ancyloxypha numitor
Garita Skipperling 30
Oarisma garita
Russet Skipperling 38
Piruna pirus
Mexican Cloudywing 30
Thorybes mexicana
Northern Cloudywing 18
Thorybes pylades
Silver-spotted Skipper 39
Epargyreus clarus
Afranius Duskywing 40
Erynnis afranius
Sleepy Duskywing 41
Erynnis brizo
Funereal Duskywing 30
Erynnis funeralis
Horace's Duskywing 42
Erynnis horatius
Dreamy Duskywing 33
Erynnis icelus
Mottled Duskywing 30
Erynnis martialis
Pacuvius Duskywing 23
Erynnis pacuvius
Persius Duskywing 43
Erynnis persius
Rocky Mountain Duskywing 34
Erynnis telemachus
Common Checkered-Skipper 44
Pyrgus communis
Northern Grizzled Skipper 45
Pyrgus centaureae
Two-banded Checkered Skipper 46
Pyrgus ruralis
Small Checkered Skipper 20
Pyrgus scriptura
Mountain Checkered- Skipper 40
Pyrgus xanthus
Common Sootywing 47
Pholisora catullus
Mexican Sootywing 13
Pholisora mejicanus
Goatweed Leafwing 48
Anaea andria
Hackberry Emperor 49
Asterocampa celtis
Viceroy 50
Limenitis archippus
Weidemeyer's Admiral 40
Limenitis weidemeyerii
Texan Crescent 51
Anthanassa texana
Anicia Checkerspot 52
Euphydryas anicia
Variable Checkerspot 53
Euphydryas chalcedona
Edith's Checkerspot 34
Euphydryas editha
Northern Crescent 54
Phyciodes cocyta
Pale Crescent 55
Phyciodes pallida
Painted Crescent 30
Phyciodes picta
Field Crescent 56
Phyciodes pulchella
Pearl Crescent 57
Phyciodes tharos
Rockslide Checkerspot 58
Chlosyne damoetas
Gorgone Checkerspot 59
Chlosyne gorgone
Silvery Checkerspot 23
Chlosyne nycteis
Northern Checkerspot 60
Chlosyne palla
Sierra Nevada Checkerspot 23
Chlosyne whitneyi
Arachne Checkerspot 30
Poladryas arachne
Dotted Checkerspot 61
Poladryas minuta
West Coast Lady 62
Vanessa annabella
Red Admiral 63
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 64
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 65
Vanessa virginiensis
Mourning Cloak 66
Nymphalis antiopa
California Tortoiseshell 67
Nymphalis californica
Eastern Comma 68
Polygonia comma
Green Comma 69
Polygonia faunus
Hoary Comma 70
Polygonia gracilis
Zephyr Comma 71
Polygonia gracilis zephyrus
Question Mark 72
Polygonia interrogationis
Satyr Comma 62
Polygonia satyrus
Milbert's Tortoiseshell 73
Aglais milberti
Common Buckeye 74
Junonia coenia

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